Veteran first baseman Dan Johnson is in camp competing for a job, but is seen as little more than a platoon player and probably not the answer to replace Mark Teixeira.

Written by

Chad Jennings
| Staff Writer

Don't let the sunshine fool you. Down in Yankees camp, the time for optimism is long gone.

Turns out, Mark Teixeira's wrist injury is much worse than expected. Instead of eight to 10 days, the slugging first baseman will miss eight to 10 weeks with a strained tendon. He's likely to sit out the entire month of April, just like the team's home run leader, Curtis Granderson, who broke his right forearm 11 days ago.